Fluorescent ballasts

samygero · Feb 9, 2015

Hello,

My building has quite a few T8 2 lamp fixtures with lamps of 32 Watts. I would like to have an approximation of the peak power that flows through the system on the start-up phase.

Also the ballast is the Advance - GCN2S32TP so it's a series ballast. Does that mean that if one lamp fails or is disconnected the other one will stop working?

Thx for your answers.

SemiMan · Feb 9, 2015

samygero said:
Hello,

My building has quite a few T8 2 lamp fixtures with lamps of 32 Watts. I would like to have an approximation of the peak power that flows through the system on the start-up phase.

Also the ballast is the Advance - GCN2S32TP so it's a series ballast. Does that mean that if one lamp fails or is disconnected the other one will stop working?

Thx for your answers.

I could not find anything on the Inrush current so I will assume it is a standard non inrush controlled unit. That could mean 40-50 amps per unit for a brief period of time while capacitors charge. After that, it will settle down to its average.

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